audiocast

noun

au·​dio·​cast ¦ȯ-dē-(ˌ)ō-¦kast 

plural audiocasts

: an audio file (such as a recording or broadcast) that is available in digital format for automatic download over the Internet

Their self-paced program has twelve units, so you can move forward when you're ready. It includes audiocasts that you can download from the Internet to guide you step-by-step …

—Christiane Northrup, Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom, 2010

audiocast transitive verb

audiocast; audiocasting; audiocasts

The teleconference also will be audiocast live on NASA's Web site …

—NASA Documents and Publications, 8 May 2008

Word History

First Known Use

2000, in the meaning defined above

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